Restoration. 1660. English Monarchy reinstated following Protectorate. 1791 French Revolutionary Wars.

Resurrection. Key Christian belief that Jesus rose from dead.

Resurrectionists. 1826-30. Provided bodies for anatomists by grave-robbing or murder. Scotland.

Revisionism. Criticism of tenets of Marxism by Bernstein, Tito.

Revolutionary Tribunal. 1793-5. French Terror court.

Revolutionary War. American Revolution.

Reynaud, Paul. 1878-1966. French Prime Minister, imprisoned by Vichy French.

Reynolds, Joshua. 1723-92. English expressive portrait painter: Mrs. Siddons. Miss Nelly 1760. Founder, Royal Academy 1768.

Rhea. Greek fertility goddess. Mother of most gods.

Rhee, Syngman. 1875-1965. First South Korean president 1948-60. Campaigned for Independence from Japan.

Rhine, Confederation of. 1806-13. Bavaria and German states with constitution in French model.

Rhineland. German Rhine bank. Hitler defied Treaty of Versailles by militarizing area 1936.

Rhodes. <1000BC Minoan. Dorian. 5C BC Delian League. 43BC Rome alliance. 653 Saracen. 1309 Knights of St John. 1522 Turks. 1912 Italy. 1947 Greece. c1C BC School of rhetoric.

Rhodesia and Nyasaland, Federation. 1953-63. Opposed by Malawi, Zambia regions. Dissolved.

Rhys, Ernest. 1859-1946. Welsh writer. Edited 983-volume Everyman’s Library series 1906-.

Ribbonism. 1860-85. Irish agrarian secret societies vs Orange Society. Banned 1871.

Ricardo, David. 1772-1823. British economist. Principles of Political Economy and Taxation 1817.

Ricci, Matteo. 1552-1610. Italian Jesuit missionary to China.

Richard III. 1452-85. King of England 1483-. Murdered (?) nephews in tower. Killed at Bosworth by Henry VII, ending War of Roses.

Richardson, Dorothy. 1873-1957. English stream of consciousness novelist. Pilgrimage 1915-38.

Richler, Mordecai. 1931-2001. Canadian novelist of human dilemmas. Duddy Kravitz 1959.

Richmond, Virginia. US Confederate capital 1861-5.

Rickenbacker, Eddie. 1890-1973. US WWI flying ace.

Rickover, Hyman. 1900-86. US Admiral. “Father of nuclear submarine”.

Ridley, Nicholas. c1500-55. English Protestant bishop. Supported Lady Jane Grey. Executed.

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